From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 4 00:41:15 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28D6316A418 for ; Mon, 4 Feb 2008 00:41:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cwhiteh@onetel.com) Received: from smtp1.bethere.co.uk (smtp1.betherenow.co.uk [87.194.0.68]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3A6713C447 for ; Mon, 4 Feb 2008 00:41:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cwhiteh@onetel.com) Received: from [192.168.1.71] (87-194-3-32.bethere.co.uk [87.194.3.32]) by smtp1.bethere.co.uk (Postfix) with SMTP id 52613291EA6 for ; Mon, 4 Feb 2008 00:41:13 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <47A65F29.6050103@onetel.com> Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:41:13 +0000 From: Chris Whitehouse User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071228) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: xterm question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:41:15 -0000 it's a stupid little question really but I have an xterm filled with a log file (telnetted into another machine) which is scrolled off the screen. How do I select all the text in one go? I only seem to be able to select the visible screenful, copy, paste into text file, scroll up, select the next screenful etc. I want the screen to scroll when the mouse pointer hits the top or bottom of the window. The best I've done so far is script - it works but it's messy. Thanks Chris